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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 12a1808137..8341a707d0 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -258,10 +258,10 @@ interest primarily for developers and not for casual users. @item Installing @uref{http://gnutls.org/, GnuTLS-Guile} will allow you to access @code{https} URLs with the @command{guix download} -command (@pxref{Invoking guix download}) and the @command{guix import -pypi} command. This is primarily of interest to developers. -@xref{Guile Preparations, how to install the GnuTLS bindings for Guile,, -gnutls-guile, GnuTLS-Guile}. +command (@pxref{Invoking guix download}), the @command{guix import pypi} +command, and the @command{guix import cpan} command. This is primarily +of interest to developers. @xref{Guile Preparations, how to install the +GnuTLS bindings for Guile,, gnutls-guile, GnuTLS-Guile}. @end itemize Unless @code{--disable-daemon} was passed to @command{configure}, the @@ -2957,6 +2957,22 @@ package: guix import pypi itsdangerous @end example +@item cpan +@cindex CPAN +Import meta-data from @uref{https://www.metacpan.org/, MetaCPAN}. +Information is taken from the JSON-formatted meta-data provided through +@uref{https://api.metacpan.org/, MetaCPAN's API} and includes most +relevant information. License information should be checked closely. +Package dependencies are included but may in some cases needlessly +include core Perl modules. + +The command command below imports meta-data for the @code{Acme::Boolean} +Perl module: + +@example +guix import cpan Acme::Boolean +@end example + @item nix Import meta-data from a local copy of the source of the @uref{http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/, Nixpkgs distribution}@footnote{This |